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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Prehension \Pre*hen"sion\, noun [L. prehensio; cf. F. pr['e]hension. See {Prehensile}.] The act of taking hold, seizing, or grasping, as with the hand or other member.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
prehension
noun: the act of gripping something firmly with the hands [syn: {grasping}, {taking hold}, {seizing}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
58 Moby Thesaurus words for "prehension": abduction, apprehension, arrest, arrestation, bottling up, capture, catch, catching, clairvoyance, collaring, command, comprehension, conception, conceptualization, corking up, coup, dragnet, forcible seizure, foreknowledge, grab, grabbing, grasp, grip, hold, holding, holding in, ideation, inhibition, intellection, intelligence, keeping, kidnapping, locking in, maintenance, mastery, mental grasp, nabbing, picking up, power grab, precognition, preservation, repression, retainment, retention, retentiveness, retentivity, running in, savvy, seizure, seizure of power, snatch, snatching, suppression, taking in, taking into custody, tenacity, understanding, wisdom
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